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The Feynman path integrals are becoming increasingly important in the applications of quantum mechanics and field theory. The path integral formulation of quantum anomalies, i.e. the quantum breaking of certain symmetries, can now cover all the known quantum anomalies in a coherent manner. In this book the authors provide an introduction to the path integral method in quantum field theory and. The Feynman path integrals are becoming increasingly important in the applications of quantum mechanics and field theory. The path integral formulation of quantum anomalies, i.e. the quantum breaking of certain symmetries, can now cover all the known quantum anomalies in a coherent manner. In this book the authors provide an introduction to the path integral method in quantum field theory and its applications to the analyses of quantum anomalies. No previous knowledge of field theory beyond the advanced undergraduate quantum mechanics is assumed. The book provides the first coherent introductory treatment of the path integral formulation of chiral and Weyl anomalies, with applications to gauge theory in two and four dimensions, conformal field theory and string theory. Explicit and elementary path integral calculations of most of the quantum anomalies covered are given. The conceptual basis of the path integral bosonization in two-dimensional theory, which may have applications to condensed matter theory, for example, is clarified. The book also covers the recent interesting developments in the treatment of fermions and chiral anomalies in lattice gauge theory. Books, Science and Geography~~Physics~~Quantum Physics (quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory), Path Integrals And Quantum Anomalies~~Book~~9780198529132~~Hiroshi Suzuki, Kazuo Fujikawa, , , , , , , , , ,, [PU: Oxford University Press]

Kazuo Fujikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki:

The Feynman path integrals are becoming increasingly important in the applications of quantum mechanics and field theory. The path integral formulation of quantum anomalies, i.e. the quantum breaking of certain symmetries, can now cover all the known quantum anomalies in a coherent manner. Inthis book the authors provide an introduction to the path integral method in quantum field theory and its applications to the analyses of quantum anomalies. No previous knowledge of field theory beyond the advanced undergraduate quantum mechanics is assumed. The book provides the first coherentintroductory treatment of the path integral formulation of chiral and Weyl anomalies, with applications to gauge theory in two and four dimensions, conformal field theory and string theory. Explicit and elementary path integral calculations of most of the quantum anomalies covered are given. Theconceptual basis of the path integral bosonization in two-dimensional theory, which may have applications to condensed matter theory, for example, is clarified. The book also covers the recent interesting developments in the treatment of fermions and chiral anomalies in lattice gauge theory. Kazuo Fujikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Books, Science and Nature, Path Integrals and Quantum Anomalies Books>Science and Nature, Oxford University Press

Fujikawa, Kazuo; Suzuki, Hiroshi; Fujikawa, K.

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Path Integrals and Quantum Anomalies

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9780198529132

Self-contained introduction to the path integral method in field theory and its applications to quantum anomalies. The subjects covered in the book are relevant to particle and high-energy nuclear theory, conformal field theory, applications to condensed matter theory and string theory. No previous knowledge beyond the advanced undergraduate quantum mechanics is assumed.